Recipe

Buttercream Frosting Recipe

	Jill1972 / All my dishes 1 year, 5 months ago This is a great buttercream frosting that my husband loves! Prep:5m Servings:8	Jill1972
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Ingredients

1/2 cup butter/margarine, soft

1 pound box powdered sugar

3 Tbsp. milk

1 tsp. vanilla extract

*can vary with lemon extract, cocoa powder, mint extract or almond extract

Directions

In large mixing bowl, beat together butter and powdered sugar

Add milk and vanilla extract

Beat until smooth and fluffy.

(Makes 2 cups)

Variations:

Lemon: Omit vanilla extract. Add 1 tsp. lemon extract and 1 tsp. grated lemon zest

Chocolate: Add 1/4 cup cocoa with the powdered sugar. Increase milk to 4 Tbsp.

Chocolate Mint: Add 1/2 tsp. mint extract to chocolate frosting

Almond: Omit vanilla extract. Add 1/2-1 tsp. almond extract

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Comments

linebb956 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Will have to try the lemon.... that sounds great... I do the almond on my Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies... Great combo..
I used to decorate cakes... this is a very good recipe.. Good post.

organicmama 1 year, 1 month ago said:
This is my favorite frosting, it is so good on my favorite banana cake.

jhack5255 10 months, 1 week ago said:
Great on a batch of cupcakes i just made! My little brother adores it.

mao65 9 months, 1 week ago said:
My mother used to sandwich this frosting between plain graham crackers when I was a child. It was awesome! Thanks for reminding me.

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